funeral

 
Pronunciation: /ˈfjuːn(ə)r(ə)l/

noun

  • a ceremony or service held shortly after a person’s death, usually including the person’s burial or cremation: in the afternoon, he’d attended a funeral [as modifier]: a funeral service
  • US rare a sermon delivered at a funeral: the community would call him to preach the funeral
  • archaic or literary a procession of mourners at a burial: her funeral had to pass

Phrases

it's your funeral

informal used to warn someone that an unwise act or decision is their responsibility: ‘I won’t discuss it.’ ‘Don’t then—it’s your funeral.’

Origin:

late Middle English: from Old French funeraille, from medieval Latin funeralia, neuter plural of late Latin funeralis, from Latin funus, funer- 'funeral, death, corpse'